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People couldn't look away from the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial – the appeal of a relationship drama held true in the 1700s, too

  • Written by Rachel Gevlin, Assistant Professor of English, Birmingham-Southern College
imageAmber Heard and Johnny Depp appear in a Virginia courtroom on May 16, 2022 during their trial. Steve Helver/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial attracted record-breaking numbers of viewers who closely followed the heated exchanges between the two celebrities on YouTube and social media.

The trial’s...

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What is Afrofuturism? An English professor explains

  • Written by Julian C. Chambliss, Professor of English, Michigan State University
imageEntertainer and author Janelle Monáe performs during the 2019 Grammys flanked by android-like backup dancers.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

The new sci-fi musical “Neptune Frost,” set in a Rwandan village constructed with computer parts, tells the story of an intersex hacker and a coltan miner who lead an anarchist uprising against...

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How do drugs know where to go in the body? A pharmaceutical scientist explains why some medications are swallowed while others are injected

  • Written by Tom Anchordoquy, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageWhile pills come in many shapes and sizes, they all eventually reach your bloodstream and travel throughout your body.Vadim Sazhniev/iStock via Getty Images

When you take aspirin for a headache, how does the aspirin know to travel to your head and alleviate the pain?

The short answer is, it doesn’t: Molecules can’t transport themselves...

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Jesus' earthly dad, St. Joseph – often overlooked – is honored by Father's Day in many Catholic nations

  • Written by Gloria Falcão Dodd, Research Professor, University of Dayton
image'The Holy Family,' by the 17th-century Spanish painter Bartolome Esteban Murillo. The Print Collector/Hulton Fine Images via Getty Images

The United States celebrates Father’s Day on the third Sunday of June. Many countries with a Catholic heritage, however, such as Portugal and Spain, have already honored fathers on March 19: the feast of...

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A celebrated AI has learned a new trick: How to do chemistry

  • Written by Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College
imageFiguring out what makes some proteins glow requires an understanding of chemistry.eLife - the journal, CC BY-SA

Artificial intelligence has changed the way science is done by allowing researchers to analyze the massive amounts of data modern scientific instruments generate. It can find a needle in a million haystacks of information and, using deep...

Read more: A celebrated AI has learned a new trick: How to do chemistry

What's at stake as Colombians choose between Trump-like populist and leftist former guerrilla for president

  • Written by Agustin Lao-Montes, Associate Professor of Sociology & Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
imageThe new poster boy of left-wing South American politics?Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images

Colombians will decide their next president on June 19, 2022, with a choice between two candidates promising “change.” But what they mean by change is very, very different.

The two runoff contenders – one a left-wing senator and former...

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Your past is my present – how Volodymyr Zelenskyy uses history

  • Written by Anil Menon, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of Michigan
imageUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.S. Congress on March 16, 2022.Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP

Since Russia’s war against his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has directly addressed the elected representatives of multiple countries in his quest for international support. These speeches have...

Read more: Your past is my present – how Volodymyr Zelenskyy uses history

Comprender la 'crisis de la blasfemia' entre los países musulmanes y la India

  • Written by Ahmet T. Kuru, Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
imageManifestantes en Karachi, Pakistán, reaccionan a un incidente más de incitación al odio contra los musulmanes que ha ido en aumento en la India.AP Photo/Fareed Khan

El gobierno indio se encuentra en una crisis diplomática tras los comentarios ofensivos de la portavoz del gobernante Partido Bharatiya Janata (BJP, por sus...

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Babies don't come with instruction manuals, so here are 5 tips for picking a parenting book

  • Written by Denise Bodman, Principal Lecturer in Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University
imageEvidence-based and easy to read are two important criteria.JGI/Tom Grill/Tetra images via Getty Images

Babies don’t come with instruction manuals. Children are at once joyful, sad, confusing, predictable, generous, selfish, gentle and mean. What’s a parent to do when faced with such perplexing offspring? Given the complex interactions...

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How math and language can combine to map the globe and create strong passwords, using the power of 3 random words

  • Written by Mary Lynn Reed, Professor of Mathematics, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageThe math of threes is surprisingly powerful.MicroStockHub/iStock via Getty Images

It’s hard to imagine that three random words have the power to both map the globe and keep your private data secure. The secret behind this power is just a little bit of math.

What3words is an app and web-based service that provides a geographic reference for...

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  2. Summer reading: 5 books on the joys and challenges of LGBTQ teen and young adult life
  3. Coastal gentrification in Puerto Rico is displacing people and damaging mangroves and wetlands
  4. Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too
  5. Trump-endorsed candidates would generally win even without his support – and that's usually the case with all political endorsements
  6. International courts prosecuting leaders like Putin for war crimes have a mixed record – but offer clues on how to get a conviction
  7. Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new research
  8. Trouble paying bills can take a heavy toll on fathers' mental health, leading to family conflict
  9. How we describe the metaverse makes a difference – today's words could shape tomorrow's reality and who benefits from it
  10. The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers hoped for
  11. Privacy isn't in the Constitution – but it's everywhere in constitutional law
  12. Legal fights persist over policies that require teachers to refer to trans students by their chosen pronouns
  13. 5 things to know about the Fed's biggest interest rate increase since 1994 and how it will affect you
  14. Woodward and Bernstein didn't bring down a president in Watergate – but the myth that they did lives on
  15. Tumblr's enduring appeal reveals the potency of the web's cultural memory
  16. EU law would require Big Tech to do more to combat child sexual abuse, but a key question remains: How?
  17. Fertilizer prices are soaring – and that's an opportunity to promote more sustainable ways of growing crops
  18. Satellites zoom in on cities' hottest neighborhoods to help combat the urban heat island effect
  19. Where the witches were men: A historian explains what magic looked like in early modern Russia
  20. When all else fails to explain American violence, blame a rapper and hip-hop music
  21. Russians with diverse media diet more likely to oppose Ukraine war
  22. Elder abuse comes in many forms – appropriate Adult Protective Services referrals can help reduce mistreatment
  23. Patriarchy and purity culture combine to silence women in the Southern Baptist Convention – and are blocking efforts to address the sexual abuse scandal
  24. From 'dada' to Darth Vader – why the way we name fathers reminds us we spring from the same well
  25. 'Show' trial of foreign fighters in Donetsk breaks with international law – and could itself be a war crime
  26. There is no one 'religious view' on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains
  27. Could steam-powered cars decrease the CO2 in the atmosphere?
  28. Alcohol is becoming more common in sexual assault among college students
  29. Grassroots mojo and 4 other reasons Starbucks workers have been so successful unionizing
  30. Immigrants are only 3.5% of people worldwide – and their negative impact is often exaggerated, in the U.S. and around the world
  31. Why Muslim countries are quick at condemning defamation – but often ignore rights violations against Muslim minorities
  32. Inflation hits fresh 40-year high, pushing Fed to get more aggressive with interest rates – and the 'Beveridge curve' should give it courage to do so
  33. Why opting out of opioids can be dangerous in the operating room
  34. What 'grassroots humanitarians' eager to travel to Ukraine or its borders should know before dashing off
  35. Give this AI a few words of description and it produces a stunning image – but is it art?
  36. Decades after special education law and key ruling, updates still languish
  37. What is chronic wasting disease? A wildlife scientist explains the fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America
  38. Biden just declared heat pumps and solar panels essential to national defense – here's why and the challenges ahead
  39. Sepsis still kills 1 in 5 people worldwide – two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it
  40. Jan. 6 hearing gives primetime exposure to violent footage and dramatic evidence – the question is, to what end?
  41. Blaming 'evil' for mass violence isn’t as simple as it seems – a philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word
  42. Newly discovered fast radio burst challenges what astronomers know about these powerful astronomical phenomena
  43. Regardless of seditious conspiracy charges' outcome, right-wing groups like Proud Boys seek to build a white nation
  44. What is 'committed warming'? A climate scientist explains why global warming can continue after emissions end
  45. Imposing penalties can deter rule breakers – but the timing needs to be right
  46. Migration to the US is on the rise again – but it's unlikely to be fully addressed during the Summit of the Americas, or anytime soon
  47. Nations are pledging to create ocean preserves – how do those promises add up?
  48. ADHD: Medication alone doesn't improve classroom learning for children – new research
  49. 'Jurassic World' scientists still haven't learned that just because you can doesn't mean you should – real-world genetic engineers can learn from the cautionary tale
  50. People overestimate groups they find threatening – when 'sizing up' others, bias sneaks in